lab 2.2 course LFS211

saumya043

while doing lab 2.2 of chapter 2 ,where we have to manually start a service named vsftpd.
while running '/usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd.conf ' its giving me error
"500 00ps : config file not owned by correct user ,or not a file.

lee42x

Hi saumya043,
Normally the /etc/vsftpd.conf file is included in the package vsftpd and is installed by default. The permission should be set as user= root, group = root and the permissions of 644.
Which distribution are you using?
Please confirm if the file /etc/vsftpd.conf exists.

saumya043

yes /etc/vsftpd file exists . i am using ubuntu on vmware fusion .

saumya043

i tried to change permission ....but still not working

lee42x

I see two things:
First there is a minor typo for the service location it lives in the "sbin" directory so the commad is "/sbin/vsftpd" and second, the # in commands in our book mean "run as root" vs $ "run as regular user"
so try this:

sudo /sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd.conf

Regards Lee

saumya043

tried this also..... but then its does not return anything

lee42x

This is the server for ftp. We can run the background so it does not take up your terminal. Add an "&" after the command to run it in background.

Test the server with your favourite ftp client. The "ftp" client program is available in the "ftp" package.

Regards Lee

georgi_tsenov

Hello,

When you start the service with only:
# /usr/sbin/vsftpd
The daemon is spawned and the service is running - you can verify with:
# ps aux | grep vsftp

or with telnet:
# telnet localhost 21
Trying ::1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 (vsFTPd 3.0.2)

or by connecting to the service:
# ftp localhost
Trying ::1...
Connected to localhost (::1).
220 (vsFTPd 3.0.2)
Name (localhost:root):

The /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf argument (/usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf), can be omitted when starting the service (it is read by default).

Enjoy your Linux experience!

Best Regards,
G. Tsenov
Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator

saumya043

thank you @georgi_tsenov and @lee42x